Rake

Except for the food, the senseless violence and fear for his life, prison isn't all bad for Cleaver Greene. His cell-mate Malcolm protects him from those out to kill him � Cal, Col, and the Corella brothers.

Armed with secret knowledge learned in prison Cleaver outsmarts the hanging judges on his appeal-bench, but life outside isn't all 'Vogue Living'. He is a legal pariah, jobless, homeless and phoneless, and while he has been inside, his world has been sliding towards chaos.

Luck can turn on the toss of a coin. The humiliation of Missy's film (with a famous actor as Cleaver) leads to a drug-fuelled casino binge with young traders Horny and Paul, and enough winnings to buy a share in a restaurant.

The seemingly random murder of a security guard at Tikki Wendon Enterprises brings Felicity back into Cleaver's life. However, if her friends are not the world's least competent murderers, they are definitely the least co-operative defendants.

One man's meat is another man's misery. Cleaver is retained for a low rent tawdry sex offence. Royal Commissions that have decimated David's front bench mean that even barrel-bottom Cleaver Greene is getting briefs.

Cleaver is determined to win Felicity's heart, but God has other ideas - wickedly nasty ideas that see Cleaver subjected to perhaps the worst relay race of humiliations he has ever faced.